Who is rigging this system? Tell me, who? Is Johan Botha really that popular?

I say vote Albie in droves. Just vote Albie, do it. Do it. Do it. If I repeat it enough times, I'm hoping you'll actually do it.

But if you're just generally a cruel person who wants to see Albie languish near the bottom of the table with JACQUES KALLIS for company, at least have the heart to vote JP Duminy. He can catch better than I can, and I'm pretty good at catching things, it's my forte. Only Sybrand Engelbrecht is better than JP (just realised I hadn't mentioned my best friend for a while, so there's the reference). And what's more, if you've watched JP bat you'll never want to convert to ABdom. To top it all off, JP doesn't preach at you.

Of course, I'd much prefer it if you went Albie. Ta.And yes, I do believe I just said 'ta'. My grandma never said it so often.

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I am so glad to see Botha at 11% so it's not just me who thinks he is better than Smith. I wish some of the others would also get a percentage.

The batsman always gets favoured. AB is a batsman but JP is an all-rounder. What about Steyn. It's such a pitty that Roelof vd Merwe isnt listed. Van the Man would get my vote just for being so entertaining.

I think people are voting Botha to send a message to selectors that he needs to take over the captaincy from Smith. Why did he ever get the gig as captain? - he's dragged SA down as a team. Imagine how great they'd be if Botha or Kallis was leading!!! And Smith is a blight on international cricket - he's ugly, inarticulate, rarely performs, is universally disliked, even by his own countrymen and is the only cricketer who can't find a girlfriend.

Boncam, you're right about batsmen. They're glorified in all aspects of cricket. I have a degree of respect for bowlers from the start because they really put the hard yards in for the team. Bowling isn't about making a cameo appearance, it's tough stuff.

Anon, vote for Albie, actually. And what on earth are you talking about when you say Kallis could captain better than Smith?

Anon 2, interesting, more Graeme hate. Maybe I should start hating him to in order to appeal to the masses. But then again, I've never wanted to do that so whatever.

Thanks anon (all of you) I just voted the first time for today and noticed Botha is up to 15%. That's great. I don't mean for Botha to win the award but all I wanted was him to get more votes than Smith. You can vote more than once. Dont forget about JP, Morkel & Steyn.

I don't think Kallis would be a good choice. He even sledged his mates in the IPL. Not cool. Besides he is 33 yrs old. He wont be captain for long.

justin kemp would probably return to the team after the icl cool off period. i say the saffers should give him the captaincy, man was an animal with the bat!also, since the only reason gay smith was made captain was because he was the only one with a permanent place in that team not to be of hansie's era. i say kemp could get rid of the smith era as well.how's that for a thought? although i guess the man does like money more than his country, so we might just be back to hansie era again. history repeats itself eh?

naah! i don't hate GS either. especially when he came out to bat in injury, i had newfound respect for him. it's just that i never knew he was hated so much. didn't want to be an outcast. so tagged along.but the fat fuck must shed some kilos too.i voted for JP. and albie.ab is tops because jésus voted for him. AB's very popular in mexico you know..

I can't even really take part in this discussion about Graeme Smith because my opinion of him is so weirdly skewed. By my own doing, of course. But in my head, he's almost not even a real person, just a caricature.

Who has been voting for Smith? He is up to 5% Albie is still stuck on 3%

I can't get over the fact that he had and then lost the sexiest girl in SA. I think GS is a has been. Did he do RR any good? He is not consistent anymore. If he can get back into form, great for him. But the matter of the fact is that Botha has outplayed Smith. GS is known to be self-centered. Listen when people congratulate him on a win, he never states that the whole team did their part.

Amy, if you want to know what the saffers think about GS vs JB: read this thread from the Supersport forum.

It seems the arguments for retaining Smith as captain are pretty reasonable. He's not exactly doing a great deal wrong, and god knows he might not be the smartest captain but it hardly seems cause to dump him. Botha hasn't even captained for many matches, and that too only ODIs. I don't particularly see the cause for replacing Smith with Botha.

No, don't apologise! You're entitled to your own opinion, and if it's that GS is a shit captain which he pretty much is, so be it. I was just giving an outsider's POV to the situation because I haven't exactly noticed the Graeme-hate that saffas seem to have.

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